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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] New word: bridge
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Seruq)
Sun Aug 19 17:44:33 2012
From: "Seruq" <seruq@bellsouth.net>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 16:44:12 -0500
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmNW-eS1mnWm_eUhTSDgpXT4UmKfptkozLUCPPh0oi-MBQ@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
> > The word for "bridge" (as in over a river) is <QI> (one of
> those weird
> > vowel-final words). Maltz said that would apply to the kind
> of rope bridge
> > you described (as well as more substantial bridges).
>
> This is most certainly a reference to the novel by Pierre Boulle,
> especially the way he phrased it ("bridge... as in over a river").
>
> --
> De'vID
That was the first thought that came to my mind as well the very moment I read it. And then I tried
to make the pronunciation fit better, but couldn't; so I didn't say anything.
DloraH
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